Machine for winding blades or cords



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G.R.HOLDEN.

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MACHINE FOR WINDING BLADES OR GORDS.

Patented 001;. 26, 1886..

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G. "R. HOLDEN. MACHINE FOR- WINDING BLADES 0R 001m.

No. 351,638. Patented O0t.26, 1886.

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MAGHINB FOR WINDING BLADESIORGORDS. No. 351,638. Patented Oct. 26,1886.

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MAGHINE FOR-WINDING BLADES 0R G ORDS. N0. 351,638.

UNITED STATES PATENT OF ICE.

GEORGE R. HOLDEN, OF MICHIGAN CITY, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR TO THE \VARREN FEATHERBONE COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

MACHINE FOR WINDING BLAD ES OR CORDS.

SPECIFICATION forming partof Letters Patent No. 351,638, dated October 26, 1886.

Application filed March 7, 1885.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE E. HOLDEN, residing at Michigan City, in the county of La Porte and State of Indiana, and a citizen of the United States, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for Winding Blades or Cords, of which the following is a full description, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a top or plan view of a machine embodying my invention; Fig. 2, a side elevation thereof; Fig. 3, an end elevation omitting the guide and its support and showing the base-plate in section; Fig. 4, a detail side view of the feeding-wheels and their support; Figs. 5 and 6, detail end views of the guide; Fig. 7, a longitudinal vertical section with the feeding devices or pulling devices omitted. The object of this invention is to provide a machine which will wind or cover cords and flat blades composed of a single strand or piece of that form, or. composed of two or more cords laid side by side, by winding them with threads moving in opposite directions; and it consists in the several improvements hereinafter described and claimed as new.

In the drawings, A indicates the bed or base plate; B, the support or post upon which the driving devices are mounted; G O, the guidesupporting post; D, supporting-post for the rear end of the hollowshaft; E, supportingpost for the feeding or drawing devices; F F, hollow shafts; G, worm-shaft; H, worm I J,

feed wheels; K, lever for separating the feed wheels; L M, driving-pulleys; N 0, gearwheels; P P, revolving'disks; Q Q, spoolspindles; R, spools; S S, thread-carriers; T, counterbalance-weights; W, blade or cord upon which the winding takes place; a b, feed-' ing-guides; o, cap-plate of the feeding devices; d, locking-lever; e, locking-pin; f,,pivot-pin 'for the-post C 0; g, stop-pin; h and i, threadguides; j, retaining -collars for spools; 7c, threads; I, liftingcam on lever K; m, liftingyoke;.n, spring; 0, tension-springs for the spools.

The base A may be made separate, as shown; or it may constitute a part of the top of a table or bench. On this the supports or posts B, O, D, and E are placed. The post Bis provided with a bearing-box, B, which constiserial No. 158.103. (No model.)

tutes the entire support for the hollow shaft F and the support for one end of the hollow shaft F, the other end of this shaft being supported 011 boxing mounted on the post D.

The driving-pulley L is mounted on the shaft F and the driving-pulley M on the shaft F, as shown in Fig. 7. The shaft F carries the disk P, upon which is mounted the spool-spindle Qand the thread-carrier S, and, if desired, the disk may be counterbalanced by the attached weights T.

The disk P is attached to and rotated by the hollow shaft F, and is preferably ar- 1' mged in reference to the disk P as shown in Fig. 7, although it is not essential-that it should be set in as there shown. Upon this disk P are mounted the spool-spindle Q and the thread-carrier S. The spool-spindles are provided with removable collarsj,.which are held in, place by set-screws j.

The tension-springs 0 are supported by the spool-spindles between the disks and the inner ends of the spools, and the tension of the thread is obtained by pressing up the spools by means of the collars j.

The collars j may be made conical at their inner ends to center the spool-bores, as shown in Fig. 1.

The thread-carriers S S are provided with anti-friction-wheels h, and at their delivery end provided with anti-friction guide-wheels i", the grooves in the wheels h" and i being sufficiently deep to hold the thread in position.

The blades or cords to be wound are fed in between the guide-plates a b, and these plates give the blade, if made of cords, the form desired. As shown, these guides are both fiat, and give the product a flat form.

For'the purpose of conveniently opening the guide the cap-plate c is hinged atone end and provided with an arm, (I, at the other end, and a locking-pin, e, by which the cap is held down when the machine is in operation.

As shown, the feed-supporting post is made in two parts, 0 G, which are hinged together at f, and provided with a limlt-stop, g, as shown in Fig. 7, which gives a convenient form for folding the feeding head or device down out of the way. It may, however, be made of a single piece or rigidits entire length, and be made removable.

Xear the driving-wheel M a gear-wheel, N, is attached to or made a part of the hollow shaft F. This whcel engages with the gearwheel 0, which drives the worm-shaft G and worm H, which worm communicates motion to the feed-wheels I and J, which feed-wheels operate by drawing the finished fabric th rough the hollow shafts F I and for this purpose the length of the cogs is reduced on one side, as shown in Fig. 4. I J project through the post or support E sufficiently far to receive the yoke m of the lever K upon the upper shaft and the springs a on both shafts, which springs are made of rubber bandssufficiently strong to give the required pressureto move the blade or cord WV.

The post E is slotted, so as to permit a ver' tical movement of the feed-wheel J, which movement is eti'ectcd by means of the cam or projection Z on the lever K, so that by turning the lever down over this projection the yoke an is raised and the wheel J thereby lifted.

In operation the disks P P are revolved in opposite directions by their respective drivingwheels, so that the thread carried upon each disk is wound in an opposite direction to the thread in close proximity to the front end of the hollow shaft F, as shown in Fig. 2. By the use of two threads the winding is more rapidly acco1nplished,and themovementsof the wheels N O are so timed that the feed-whee1s I J will draw the blade or cord W along just fast enough to keep the winding threadsin contact.

It is obvious that two or more wheels and thread-carrying arms may be mounted upon each of the disks P P, and in this event the gear of the shaft G will be so timed as to cause the feed-wheels I J to have a correspondingly faster movement.

Cords or blades of any length may be wound in this machine, either long or short. As the machine is continuous in its operation, blades or cords of great length may also be wound or covered.

As the flat blades are composed of two or more cords, I propose, in addition to this double winding, to run them through a sewing-machine and stitch the winding-threads between each cord of the blade or flat strip to give them an additional security, and for this purpose the guide a is made to project into The shafts of the wheels the hollow shaft F, so as to leave the winding threads a little slack, when they are drawn off, and by this means the windingthreads can be drawn down in between the cords, when they are sewed lengthwise. If they are not to be sewed, then the guide a should be placed farther back, so that the winding-threads will not pass around it.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination of the rotating hollow shaft I the disk I secured thereto and provided with the laterally-projecting parallel spindles Q and S, for respectively carrying the threadspool and-guiding the thread, the rotating hollow shaft I the disk I, secured thereto and provided with the laterally-pro jecting parallel spindles Q and S, for respect ively carrying the thread-spool and guiding the thread, the guide a I), the feeding-wheels I J, and means for rotating said wheels, substantially as described.

2. The disks P P, each having the attached spool -spindle and the thread-carrying arm provided with a wheel, 2', at its outer end, in combination with the oppositely-rotating hollow shafts F F, the guide a b, the feed-wheels I J, and means for rotating the latter, substantially as described.

3. The disks P 1?, each having the attached spool-spindle and the thread-carrying arm provided with the wheels h and i, in combination with the oppositely-rotating hollow shafts F" F, the guide a b, thefeed-wheels I J, and means for rotating thelatter, substantially as described.

4. The combination, with the rotating hollow shafts F F and thread-winding devices, of the slotted support E, the feed-wheels I and J, having their shafts journaled in and extending beyond the support, means for rotating the wheels, the springs a, connecting the journals of the wheels, the swinging lever K, having a cam, Z, and the yoke or, connecting the lever 9 and the shaft of the upper feed-wheel, substantially as described.

GEORGE R. HOLDEN.

Witnesses:

JAMES H. HATFIELD, WILBER S. CUTSHAW. 

